Same blog - new name!! After 2 years, the business has grown and has split into two distinct ventures. Get Your Bead On will continue to operate but will sell jewelry components to other jewelry designers. My new business, Cheryl Foiles Designs, will sell my finished jewelry pieces along with other artwork items. I've decided to merge everything into one blog so hang on - we're in for a wild ride!!

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

I'm so excited to be participating again in Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party. This is her 7th event and there are over 600 people from around the world participating this year. My partner for this BSBP is Hope Smitherman and she has put together a soup for me that has my head swirling with ideas.

But, first things first. Let me tell you about the package I received. When my soup arrived in the mail, it was in a bubble envelope just like any other package. And when I opened it, I found a treasure of goodies all wrapped up so pretty -- there were so many little packages, it felt like Christmas.

My first instinct was to rip into all those little packages but I didn't - I took my time and enjoyed opening each one. Here's a pic of all the wonderful goodies Hope sent.

Notice the beautiful pendant in the lower right corner? I treasure that piece most of all because it was handmade by Hope and sent as an "extra" gift just for me. Please take a moment to learn a little about my BSBP partner: Hope's Blog, Hope's Etsy Store, Hope's Facebook Page.

Wondering what I sent Hope? I decided I would make all of the beads and components for Hope's soup so I got out the copper and enamels and came up with this:

Now to go dig into all those goodies Hope sent me!! I am part of the second reveal and will be posting my finished piece(s) on April 6th. Be sure to check back then to see what came of the wonderful bead soup I have to play with.